Vodafone Idea (Vi) has been refarming the 3G spectrum to 4G since last year. The telco has done it in phases throughout the country, picking one circle after another. Vi plans to slowly remove its 3G services from India and become a 2G and 4G only operator. Now, Vi has refarmed the 3G spectrum to 4G in Maharashtra & Goa. Multiple cities, including Pune, Nashik, Aurangabad, Solapur, Kolhapur, Goa, Jalgaon,... Read More
GIGAnet from Vi, which is Kerela's largest 4G telecom network was recently revealed to be the fastest 4G network both in Kerala and across India for three consecutive quarters, as per data by Ookla, the global leader in mobile testing applications, data and analysis. In contrast to other operators, Vi has delivered the fastest 4G speeds during July 2020-March 2021 quarters, making the telco the only operator capable of delivering... Read More
4G got a major boost in India with the arrival of Reliance Jio in September 2016. Since then, the amount of growth and traction that 4G services and smartphones have seen is tremendous. No other connectivity technology, including 2G or 3G, saw such fast adoption rates as 4G. According to a Nokia MBiT Index report, 4G has displayed the fastest growth rate in the telecom history of India. Reliance Jio... Read More
Telecom Operators in India are putting “great efforts” to welcome the “vast population” currently using 2G and 3G “into the data-driven world,” says Ira Palti, chief executive officer of Ceragon Networks. Palti said that the efforts made by the Indian telecom operators to convert existing 2G and 3G users would “drive the operators'' to swiftly enhance their existing 4G networks. Crucially, Ceragon CEO in the first quarter earnings call on... Read More
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) is trying to grow its 4G services in the country as fast as possible. The state-run telco is in the process to release a new hybrid 4G tender that will help it in rolling out 4G PAN-India with the help of both the Indian companies and the foreign vendors including Nokia, Ericsson, and more. BSNL already offers live 4G VoLTE services in certain parts of... Read More
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) offers a 4G prepaid plan that comes with truly unlimited data. ‘Truly unlimited’ means that there is no fair usage policy (FUP) limit on the data offered by the plan. So users don’t really need to worry about the amount of data they are consuming as long as the plan’s expiry date is not near. It is worth noting that no other telecom operator of... Read More
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) is gearing up to launch its 4G network pan-India in the coming year. However, the state-run telco already provides users with 4G VoLTE services in select circles/cities of India. For the unaware, BSNL launched its VoLTE services last year for its 4G network in the South Zone in Coimbatore. The service was demonstrated live by the officials of the company. The VoLTE service was later... Read More
If things go well, it can be a good year for the Indian Telecom industry. While the operators are prepping for rolling out 5G services in the country, there is no way they would ignore their 4G subscribers. In fact, India stands to be a major 4G market for at least the next two to three years until 5G is deployed in most parts of the nation. Thus, the operators... Read More
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) is pushing hard to roll out 4G in India. The state-run telco already has several 4G sites in many prominent cities as well as tier-2 and tier-3 cities of the country. But the pan-India rollout of 4G services will require a lot of resources and upgradation of more than 1,00,000 sites which also includes sites of Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited (MTNL). BSNL’s 4G rollout will... Read More
Bharti Airtel today announced a new corporate structure. This is expected to sharpen the focus of the company in driving the rapidly unfolding digital opportunity in India while enabling it to unlock value. The new structure envisages Airtel Digital Limited folding into the listed entity, Bharti Airtel. This will now house all of the digital assets spanning Wynk Music, Airtel X stream, Airtel Thanks, Mitra Payments platform used by a... Read More
The Chinese tech giant Vivo is suspected to roll out its newest 5G phone Vivo V21 5G, in India. The phone was found on the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) website creating a suspicion of its launch in India. Tipster Mukul Sharma has recently shared an ostensible BIS listing of the smartphone. The smartphone was first spotted on the Indonesian certification website and the leak started surfacing about the BIS... Read More
The Chinese smartphone manufacturer Realme announced the launch of Realme 8 5G on April 21 via their Facebook page. Realme 8 debuted in India last month itself, and now the brand has announced the launch of Realme 8 5G. It can safely be said that Realme 8 5G will be a rebranded version of Realme 8. The smartphone might launch in India and other markets, but no official statement has... Read More
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